From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
To: "Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [bug] dpdk-vfio: Invalid region/index assumption
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:54:56 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160728085456.1f752faf@t450s.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C6ECDF3AB251BE4894318F4E451236978214572C@IRSMSX109.ger.corp.intel.com>
On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:42:13 +0000
"Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 2016-07-27 16:14, Alex Williamson:
> > > I took a quick look at the dpdk vfio code and spotted an invalid
> > > assumption that should probably be corrected ASAP.
> >
> > It can theoretically be a bug but the value may never change in the kernel,
> > right?
> > So when you say ASAP, I feel it can wait the next DPDK release (we plan to
> > release today).
> > Do you agree?
>
> Unless there are imminent plans to change this in the kernel, I think it can wait for next release.
I don't have any plans to change it, but this relationship is not a
guaranteed part of the ABI. I reserve the right to make such changes
in the future. Thanks,
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-28 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-27 22:14 Alex Williamson
2016-07-28 6:54 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-07-28 9:42 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2016-07-28 14:54 ` Alex Williamson [this message]
2016-07-28 8:06 ` Santosh Shukla
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